" & I Am 'The One' " [long]
Aaron
QriusChild wrote in message
<19981110194055...@ng-fi1.aol.com>...
>I saw the above yesterday at The Family website, in response to Prince's
L41A
>post:
>
>>>>>Truth b known...
>
>???...what website declined an invite 2 discuss TRUTH and POSITIVITY on the
>Web? ...1der Y?<<
>
>I wondered why Prince wrote a special message pointing the finger at The
>Family, apparently the only website to refuse his invitation for an online
>confab. Did she hurt his feelings? Or maybe he just has a special place in
his
>heart for Diana.
>
>It occurred to me how often he actually writes L41A messages that are in
direct
>response to something that she's posted on The Family website. He must
spend an
>awful lot of time watching that site to respond as quickly as he usually
does.
>For example:
>
>Early yesterday morning The Family posted a link to a radio interview with
>Andre Cymone. In the interview, Andre went out of his way to give Prince
props
>and credit for most of their work together. But he did comment that he
thought
>"The MPSL Sound" was not just about Prince, but included himself and Jimmy
&
>Terry, and The Time, and all the other artists making music at the time. He
>also mentioned, in an "I ain't mad atcha" kind of way, that he made some
>contributions to the early albums, and didn't always get credit for it.
>
>What did Prince do? First thing yesterday morning, L41A posted his
>by-now-anticipated defensive response:
>
>>>the sound of music
>
>The Minneapolis Sound of Music... Jimmy Jam said it best - and we quote:
"The
>Minneapolis Sound is The Prince Sound!" ...even the world-reknowned female
>singer's father (who will go unnamed here) had 2 acknowledge 's dominance
over
>the 80's soundculture at the time. Seems like the artists who COMEBACK 2
jam
>with r the only ones "com4table in their skin" these daze, o well. Peace.
<<
>
>Kind of like a peacock fanning his plummage and puffing out his chest, huh?
>"See, Jimmy and so-and-so's daddy said I'm ALL THAT!" And of course he
include
>the obligatory snipe - so now Andre (and any other artist) is not
"com4table in
>[his] skin" because he hasn't "comeback 2 jam" with Prince? For someone
who
>repeatedly claims to have such a thick skin that nothing phases him
anymore, he
>sure gets defensive, doesn't he?
>
>Andre also made a comment about dating Vanity before Prince started dating
her,
>and about starting a girl's group called "The Girls" befor Prince put
Vanity
>together. But he said Prince had the resources to get his group out there
>first. Predictably, L41A had a response to that too:
>
>>>??? What was the name of the girl who spent months on the road in (u know
>who's) bus BEFORE she ever set foot in Mpls, 2 begin work on the now
classic
>album that every female rapper now wants 2 sample? RIGHT! ...so u c:
factcheck
>can come in handy sometime... Karmaboomerang must strike the progressively
>weaker attempts 2 rewrite HIS tory<<
>
>Again, the "karmaboomerang" strikes everyone else, but he doesn't appear to
>think it applies to him. If he did, he wouldn't lace his website with so
many
>veiled or blatant threats.
>
>>>Usage of the following in4mation without the written consent of
>Love4oneanother is prohibited by Universal Law. Violators will sincerely
wish
>they hadn't. Peace.<<
>
>>>El Nino takes prisoners of non-believers.<<
>
>Or that "perils of pestilence" threat for those downloading "The War"
without
>sending in their $$.
>
>I won't bother to quote the multiple other L41A posts that were in direct
>response to something posted on The Family website.Diana is almost always
the
>first to post news, interviews, and reviews about him, and he usually
quickly
>responds. Remember these items?:
>
>She posted the Elton John comments about Prince needing an editor to reign
him
>in, and L41A quickly responded (4/19/98). Reporters commented on the many
>dissatisfied CB customers, and L41A fired back (6/18/98). A MPLS reviewer
>thought Greazy Meal out-funked NPG at Bunker's one night, and L41A was on
it
>(7/6/98). The Family warned fans who eagerly ordered the NewpowerPak to
expect
>quite a delay, because Larry's site reported not expecting any of the cd's
to
>be completed until fall. Prince answered with a L41A post about "Time"
being a
>word that we should "emit" from our vocabulary - especially in regard to
the
>NPS release date (5/26/98)! She posted a newspaper article about the
>drycleaners that he used to frequent closing down. He quipped back on
L41A,
>"...what he wore 2 the dry cleaners is, well..zzzz." I won't even bother
to go
>on, but you get the point.(5/26/98)
>
>I asked myself, why is Diana/The Family 'The One' with Prince? Why does he
seem
>to have such a keen interest in her and/or her website. Why does he want
her
>under his wing? Could the real reason be because she is what he only wishes
he
>were - TRULY FREE!!
>
>Think about it. She operates her website as a service to the fans, not as
a
>shrine to Prince. She reports the news, plain and simple, with a rare
>editorial commentary. (Even changing the name to the "null symbol" Family
was
>only meant to acknowledge that she wasn't allowed to use the symbol
anymore.
>Amp'ers named it "Less Than Zero".) And even then, her commentaries are on
>behalf of the fans, and she is as diplomatic as anyone could ask. Did you
know
>that she's been writing about Prince and trying to make him look good for
>almost 10 years?! She was, after all, his "Cleopatra" on the Controversy
>Hotline. She wrote much of the news in Controversy Magazine for years. And
the
>Prince Family Newsletter was around long before the website was developed.
>
>In Prince's vernacular, "Diana is the boss of Diana", and she is able to
>"realize her artistic vision" at her website. With no input from him. The
>impression that I get is that she is very much her own perso. She doesn't
want
>to be a Prince employee. She has refused to be censored by him. She is
not
>intimidated by him. She doesn't bow down to his wishes. I don't even think
she
>wants anything from him - not free music (like many who jumped on the L41A
>team), not front row seats, not his approval, not the promise of his
gratitude,
>not even his friendship. I think she just appreciates the fan's craving
for
>information, and she provides that, with no other agenda. Even despite the
>grief he gives her with unwarranted cease&desist orders or L41A snipes. If
>that isn't "FREE", I don't know what is.
>
>This is, of course, just myopinion.
>
>
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>
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Sahar Sahar
wondered where his rants came from........never even thought about it being
in response 2 "Prince Family"......... thanks for that post :)
Aaron
Aaron wrote in message <3648f...@nt.dave-world.net>...
>WONDERFUL post
>
>
and ONEderful, as they like to say over at l4oa....
T
only one in his bookmarks that he checks daily. I have noticed his
CONSTANT slander of her and her site and I find it quite childish.,..
She has put on a real cool thing for the fans and he hasn't. I don't
look at her site but I have and I DO check it more often than his
OFFICIAL site so maybe THAT is the reason he is so bugged out on her?
Becuase he CAN NOT control what her site says and since she give REAL
info and not just all the fluff that makes him mad. Pierre's site is
a good source for info, but Pierre himself contradicts himself
constantly and everytime Prince posts his views on something (Like not
reading reviews because they dunno what they are talking about) Pierre
suddenly has the same views. But then Pierre throws up a review, a
review IN FAVOR of "The Artist"... So does L41A, Prince's OFFICIAL
SITE that DAYS before condemmed reviews!
Oh, why doesn't the girl who does Prince Family post here or have
anything to do with the "social" part of the online Prince community?
RudeDog
Rudedog
T
Girl, Woman, Transvestite.. It's all the same here Bart my man! :)
And to tell ya the truth.. Your Website is more informative on the
IMPORTANT FACTS than almost ALL others INCLUDING PrinceFam.. I mean,
I ain't sloggion' on her site AT ALL but I feel your site is CHOC FULL
of info, HISTORICAL info that is actually almost a necessity to learn
if ya wanna be a Prince collector / fan.
But you do also have to understand that my intrests lie in the
material and histporical facts of the projects rather than what he
wore to an awards ceremony. That's just T though.. :)
I also wanna add soem stuff to your site on a few projects but I
dfon't have enough back ground info on all of it as of yet (It's there
i just haven't had it sent to me yet) so I can't right now.
Here's a salute to Bart.... His site should get more attention than
it does.... Go take a looksy if ya want EXTENSIVE info on recordings
and side projects...
tenth...@YOUKNOWWHATTODELETE.geocities.com (Bart Van Hemelen)
wrote:
>
>
>On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 03:33:40 GMT, t...@mindspring.com (T) wrote:
>
>>Oh, why doesn't the girl who does Prince Family post here or have
>>anything to do with the "social" part of the online Prince community?
>
>Just by her website and newsletter she IS a part of this community,
>and a very important one. She gets the news, ALL the news, and tells
>us about it as soon as she gets it...
>
>BTW She ain't no girl, she's a woman. Kathy Openmind on the other
>hand, ain't even a girl, but a cry-baby.
>
>Props to PrinceFam for keeping calm even in the eye of a storm. And
>for truely knowing what TRUTH is about.
>
>BTW she was asked to be part of l4oa, to handle the news section, but
>she politely refused...
>
>BVH
QriusChild
EastWestDJ
Andre back in 1983 or 1984 for radio and at the time, he was less than
forthcoming about Prince. In fact, he wouldn't even refer to him by name. Maybe
predating the nonpronouncable O(+> . Hehehehhe.
But Andre was cool.
Joe Kelley
"Let the Music Do the Talking."
SpukyElect
daniel
Kilio
thanks
Kilio
"I wanna be careful not to lose by laughter
what I gained by tears"
Lifenglory
I agree with every word.
Mariah29
Bart Van Hemelen
On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 03:33:40 GMT, t...@mindspring.com (T) wrote:
>Oh, why doesn't the girl who does Prince Family post here or have
>anything to do with the "social" part of the online Prince community?
Just by her website and newsletter she IS a part of this community,
trem...@hst.umontreal.ca
Yes, I agree with you Daniel!
Your friend Gi
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Pure Sweetness
>Oh, why doesn't the girl who does Prince Family post here or have
>anything to do with the "social" part of the online Prince community?
She probably doesn't want to get caught up in the perpetual flame wars that
clog AMP.
IE...
Firstposter says: "I really liked the Black Album"
Responder says: "I only liked 'Le Grind,' the rest sucked."
Firsposeter responds: "I think you suck"
Responder responds: "No, U suck."
Then someone else entirely posts: "You both suck. AND you're both racists!"
and this continues for another week until someone else posts: "You know, I
really didn't like Diamonds and Pearls..."
Daddy Pop6
>Firstposter says: "I really liked the Black Album"
>Responder says: "I only liked 'Le Grind,' the rest sucked."
>Firsposeter responds: "I think you suck"
>Responder responds: "No, U suck."
>Then someone else entirely posts: "You both suck. AND you're both racists!"
LOfuckignL
Doug
dP
There is the sound of a child taking a deep, determined breath. And then the
world stops making fish.
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Daddy Pop6 <dadd...@aol.compooponu> wrote in article
<19981111153923...@ng98.aol.com>...
> >From: "Pure Sweetness" <pu...@sweetness.com>
>
> >Firstposter says: "I really liked the Black Album"
> >Responder says: "I only liked 'Le Grind,' the rest sucked."
> >Firsposeter responds: "I think you suck"
> >Responder responds: "No, U suck."
> >Then someone else entirely posts: "You both suck. AND you're both
racists!"
>
> LOfuckignL
>
>
> Doug
Now I have those Coke bubbles in my nose.
ROFLMAOWCCOOMN
Darryl Austin
Bart Van Hemelen
Grow up. In case you haven't noticed, WB has been the best thing to
have ever happened to prince. Remember when you got a new single every
couple of months (and not one every 16 months)? When you got a new
album at least once a year? (And a good one.) A great tour that didn't
boast about visiting a 100 cities in two years (whereas he used to do
that in three months)? Etcetera... all during the WB "oppression"...
Get over it: it was never WB's fault, as one article recently stated:
no record company ever has bent over so far backwards to fullfill an
artist's wishes as WB with prince.
If you haven't figured it out yet: WB is not the reason Prince is
being largely ignored nowadays, Prince is. Without any outside help he
has succeeded in alienating his fanbase on a scale never seen before.
Prince used to sell 5 million copies of each record, nowadays he's
happy to sell 250,000 (and tha number is a lie, it's actually
100,000).
BTW: No, I'm not paid by WB, nor do I particularly like them. Only
those that want to defend prince at whatever cost would come up with
such a ridiculous reason for my post.
BVH
SaTim
favorite record store in the mall and seing a HUGE display for the new
Prince LP?????????? Haven't seen that in a while either so... :)
Sometimes ORGANIZATION is good...
tenth...@YOUKNOWWHATTODELETE.geocities.com (Bart Van Hemelen)
wrote:I watch you as you sleep.....
Aaron
Lorne wrote in message <3650feab...@news.sprint.ca>...
>(SaTim) wrote:
>>Here's another for ya Bart.. Remeber walking by the window of your
>>favorite record store in the mall and seing a HUGE display for the new
>>Prince LP?????????? Haven't seen that in a while either so... :)
>>
>>Sometimes ORGANIZATION is good...
>
>their outside window for about two months when the album first came
>out. The damn thing was at least 6' wide by 20' high.
thank you EMI.....
Lorne
>Here's another for ya Bart.. Remeber walking by the window of your
>favorite record store in the mall and seing a HUGE display for the new
>Prince LP?????????? Haven't seen that in a while either so... :)
>
>Sometimes ORGANIZATION is good...
Virgin Records had a HUGE back-lit poster for "Emancipation" up in
their outside window for about two months when the album first came
out. The damn thing was at least 6' wide by 20' high.
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Aaron
SaTim wrote in message <36523e0a...@news.mindspring.com>...
>EXACTLT! Prince was distributed by EMI... So EMI wanted CASH FLOW
>and they figured "Prince?? Prince is a HUGE star! That's DEFINATELY
>gonna be a cash cow! Drop the flow on Promotion guys!"
>
"let's go file for bankruptcy, guys!"